Ode to S****y White PeopleA Poem by VERONICAthis is a song. clap along.
neoliberal Colonizers
white folks you Gentrifiers How could you even try to be here when you don't see the Story clear? neoliberal Colonizers white folks you Gentrifiers that's you and me 'least I can admit it walking with my puppy & smoking a Spirit You're so Rad with your Spirit Tobacco Natural or Organic Which field does it grow? Red Face on white product--it'sa Con as you add more smoke to the Pollution Do you really think you're the solution? you're buying Vegan food & cuttin' down on Gluten livin' off the spoils of a Bank's looootin' pass a Homeless man just to poo-poo 'em neoliberal Colonizers white folks you Gentrifiers that's you and me 'least I can admit it walking with my puppy & smoking a Spirit neoliberal Colonizers white folks you Gentrifiers Do ya know what any of these words mean? No you don't, you fit right into the Scheme I wanna talk about schematics, not Intent think on Someone else, consider Displacement the Highways & BART stations uprooting lives of All My Relations SO that you could take up Space in Oakland DIY your squat, community projects, And escape to Emryville when it's too much kick it down at Starbucks, a Salad for Lunch (alternate verse for Seattle: I wanna talk about schematics, not Intent think on Someone else, consider Displacement the Systems of jail and educations uprooting lives of All My Relations SO you could take up Space in the CD work for Amazon & buy Weed legally escape to Pike's Place when it's too much kick it down at Starbucks, a Salad for Lunch) neoliberal Colonizers white folks you Gentrifiers Do ya know what any of these words mean? No you don't, you fit right into the Scheme nneoliberal Colonizers white folks you Gentrifiers How could you appropriate other cultures? You are White Blood-sucking vultures you wanna Be a revolutionary let go of Privilege Baggage you carry you wanna feel Something that's real you wanna be a really really Big Deal You say, "it's all Stolen Land, anyway while We're here, we'll throw our bodies in the Fray." you should know, this ain't a Rap Video Go back home. & teach on what you know neoliberal Colonizers white folks you Gentrifiers How could you appropriate other cultures? You are White Blood-sucking vultures neoliberal Colonizers white folks you Gentrifiers How could you even try to be here when you don't see the Story clear? © 2014 VERONICA |
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